Orithyia
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὠρείθυια, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ōrīthȳīa: (quadrisyl.), ae, f., = Ὠρείθυια,
I a female proper name.
I A daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens; who became by Boreas the mother of Calaïs and Zetes, Ov. M. 6, 683; Verg. G. 4, 463; id. A. 12, 83; Sil. 8, 5, 16; Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3.—
II A queen of the Amazons, Just. 2, 4, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ōrīthyīa,¹³ æ, f. (Ὠρείθυια), Orithye [fille d’Érechthée, roi d’Athènes, enlevée par Borée, qui la transporta en Thrace] : Cic. Leg. 1, 3 ; Ov. M. 6, 683 || nom d’une reine des Amazones : Just. 2, 4, 17.
Latin > German (Georges)
Ōrīthyia, ae, f. (Ὠρείθυια), I) Tochter des Erechtheus, des Königs in Athen, die ihrem Entführer Boreas den Zethes u. Kalaïs gebar, Cic. de legg. 1, 3. Ov. met. 6, 683: Akk. Orithyian, Ov. met. 6, 707. – II) Königin der Amazonen, Iustin. 2, 4, 17.
